Jennie Bringaker, Yngve Holen, Anawana Haloba, Are Mokkelbost, Christian Tony Norum, Roman Signer, William Wegman, Kiyoshi Yamamoto and others
How The Universe Works is an art exhibition especially for children and also adults. Kunsthall Oslo has been transformed into a space for exploration, experiment and play, and the usual art gallery rules have been suspended. We know that the appreciation of art often demands an understanding of aesthetics, politics, history; it’s about critique, or connoisseurship. But art, for adults and children, can operate in other modes too. We asked some of our favourite artists to take up the challenge of making artworks, without compromise, for a viewer who comes with an open mind and a functional imagination but who may not yet have learnt to read. The result is physical, material and sensual but also draws on older versions of art’s role as an impure interface between worlds and disciplines, from ritual performance to constructivism. Free entrance, all welcome. Yes, you can touch the sculptures, but remember: Don’t Eat The Pictures.